Thursday, February 23, 2012

Geography some topics

I will keep updating the topic headings which i feel are important for mains as well as Prelims. Prepare notes on them, and don't go through the factual things understand thoroughly so that u can answer any direct or indirect Question.

Earthquake , Plate tectonics, P waves S waves and Surface Waves, Tsunami, Continental drift theory..........

----will be continued

Biodiversity


Bio diversity is all those different forms of life on earth

The United nations held Summit for Biodiversity in Rio de Janerio in 1992 also called as the Earth Summit,  you can even call it Rio summit as it was held in place called Rio de Janerio
UN declared the year 2010 as international year for bio diversity


Coming up next ----> India's contribution to biodiversity and other important topics

Indian National movement Timeline :

Birth of Indian National Congress -> 1885
Phases of Indian National Movement
Moderate Nationalism-> 1885 to 1905
Extremist Nationalism -> 1905 to 1919
partition of Bengal-> 1905
Surat Split-> 1907
Minto Morley reforms or Indian councils act of 1909 -> 1909
Montague Chelmsford reforms or Govt of india Act 1919 -> 1919
Home rule movement-> 1915 - 1916
Rowlatt act and Jallianwala bagh Massacre-> 1919
Non Cooperation movement -> 1920 to 1922
Gandhian Era -> 1919 to 1947
Khilafat movement-> 1919 to 1924
Simon commission -> 1927
Nehru committee report -> 1928
First round table conf -> 1930 Nov to Jan 1931
Gandhi Irwin Pact -> 1931
Civil Disobidience movement -> 1930 to 1934
Communal award and Poona pact -> 1932
Third round table conf -> 1932
White paper of March 1933
Govt of india act 1935
Reserve bank of india -> 1935
August Offer -> 1940
Cripps Mission -> 1942
Quit India movement -> 1942
CR Formula -> 1944
Simla Conf -> 1945
Cabinet mission plan -> 1946
Indian Independence and partition -> 1947

We will discuss whenever time permits the imp events of history

Friday, February 17, 2012

Simply Economy

Everyone stresses on reading the news paper specially The Hindu for GS paper of KAS , IAS or any civil service, But it would seem boring if we do not have the basics cleared, only the Kgs of paper will increase and news reading becomes boring as we find many words as Inflation, deflation, ASI,Purchase power etc etc.

We will deal with these one by one, say Inflation, The Explanation and illustrations may not always be technically perfect, its just for better understanding

Note: Have copied some Pics from Web to make it simpler


Inflation Definition: General raise in the price of goods and commodities,

Why Inflation?

Too much of Liquidity i.e Printing of more currency by Govt or When there is more currency flow in the market
Raise in the production costs or raw materials by manufacturers for Profit sake
Less availability of goods etc i.e when demand for a particular product is more
Tax Raise
Increase in Population
Low Foreign direct investment

Inflation also occurs if Employment rate is high i.e if low unemployment which means purchasing power of people goes up and hence prices go up...

Eg: Because of IT effect in bangalore all Software guys are ready to pay more rent due to good salaries and the real estate spikes up...............
Thus Inflation also depends upon Purchasing power

Liquidity----->
Purchasing power----> is the Peoples Ability to buy goods etc etc


Inflation Some more Ex: Suppose Govt buying oil from Iran, and Iran might increase oil prices for some reasons , if we buy oil for such high prices, will impact in transportation cost, Food and all other things.

If in Agricultural production, for a year onion grown is too less to meet the needs of all the 100 crore people, then onion prices will increase

Or else if everyone has sufficient money to buy onions, then demand for onion will increase , hence the prices of goods depending on onion will go up... all these are just every day happenings and condition is Famously called Inflation

Types of inflation                                                                                     






Cost push inflation  
 As the name itself says occurs when there is increase in the cost of production of goods, subsequently the price of Finished products also increases

Eg: Suppose there is increase in the cost of carrot or onion , all fast food centres increase the price of onion dosa, not even these, even Bhel puri tikki puri prices also will go up

Demand pull inflation
 If the Demand for a particular commodity is more than its supply then occurs the demand pull inflation i.e if there is a limited amount of shirts in a shop and the buyers are more than the available stock, then the strategy to decide who gets the shirts is one who can pay higher than others obviously increasing the price of that shirt than usual.

Demand pull inflation depends on the purchasing power of the people. if People have more money then they will rush to buy the goods which might result in raise price of goods to match the supply, hence resulting in demand pull inflation

Fiscal Inflation
When there is excess Govt spending This type of inflation occurs,
Situations like disasters occur and govt has to spend more on recovery and rehabilitation.
                   Hyperinflation  This type of inflation occurs during war after war is over ,i.e it is an inflation which is out of control

Measures to Control Inflation

Who does it?

Govt, Central Banks,Monetary authorities or Finance ministries.Methods?
Monetary Measures
Fiscal Measures
Other measures
Monetary measures:
  • These are the measures taken by Central Bank i.e RBI in india.
  • IT will control the money supply by increasing the Bank rates. When there is more interest rate people will not go for loans , stop spending more inturn savings will increase, Thus the circulation of money is less and hence slowly reduces inflation.
  • Reserve ratio will be increased (We will discuss this someother time)
  • Central bank will sell the Govt securities and bonds to contract supply of money
Fiscal Measures Will be done by Govt through

  • Direct Taxes increase(Eg:income tax)reducing the purchasing power of people decreases and thus demand for goods and services also reduces
  • Increase in Public borrowing
  • Reduce Public expenditure
  • Govt can also make Protectionist measures like banning export of essentials like pulses creals to increase domestic consumption, and Encourage imports by reducing the import duties on import items.
Other measures or long term measures

  • Population control, more the people more the demand... hence family planning awareness should be created among people.
  • Increase the supply of goods by increasing production specially agricultural and industrial products, so that self sufficiency is maintained apart from exporting and inturn reducing the prices. Encourage agriculture and allied activities then most inflation will be reduced.
  • Effective planning is needed to taclke inflation such as Control Illegal activities such as smuggling, say if Rice sugar and oil or any other thing is exported illegally toi get higher prices then causes scarcity and increases prices here.
Egs:
1.In many cases Inflation is created artificially to gain more profits by creating insecurity among people
Eg: Rumours spread like gold price is going to hiked on akshaya tritiya day and all people rush to shops and buy gold, which itself increases prices becuase of shortage in gold... and thus inflation occurs.

2.Insecurity in investors should be removed by maintaining peace and harmony, i.e if the workers go on strikes or dharna , it will stop production , causing demand for goods due to shortage of goods.


Finally Good economic planning will reduce inflation... and helps in developing a healthy economy.


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Monday, February 6, 2012

Choosing an Optional Subject

Many candidates ask me through mail on Optional Subjects, And I Always have only This Answer

Optional Subjects play a critical role in securing good score in the Main Examination, this is the most common thing that every aspirant knows. There are some more basic things which any one who is preparing for the Civil Services must consider ,


Deciding Subjects should be truly on their strength in the same, Not because there is a Popular Quote saying 'It has good Scoring records from past' . I have seen a lot of people carrying the statistics saying Pub Ad is scoring, History and geography are less scoring, Kannada Litt is better than others. I would say None of these are actually true. If you master any Subject and develop good writing Skills in that, None can hold you back from Scoring.
I have been repeatedly saying from my other posts in the blog that Choosing an optional Subject should be made only on ones interest in the subject.
Some subjects might be lengthy or may not have good scoring statistics, but that doesn't mean no one can achieve good scores by choosing such subjects, You can be an exception by trying it .

Optional subjects are a matter of Personal Choice, Do not decide them on a Public forum.

Before choosing Just look at the syllabus and see If you are comfortable with that and then go for it.
There was a popular Quote ' If Some one has done it Then you can also Do It, If No one has done it Then YOU MUST DO IT '

Thursday, February 2, 2012

KAS 2012 Prelims Date Fixed for April 22nd

KPSC has finally put an end to all the confusions mounting over the Exam Date of Prerliminary Exam to be held for Gazetted probationers. Much awaited Feb 26th is ignored and as of now Prelims is decided to be held on April 22, you can have a look at the same news dated today, i.e 2nd Feb Prajavani. There is almost 2.5 months Exteended time to prepare for Prelims.